First the good news: California high schools over the last few years graduated tens of thousands more students eligible for admission to a University of California or California State University campus than ever before. The 11 percent increase in eligible students is a sign of major progress in the state’s elementary and high schools, playing out at the university level… But now comes the bad news: All the improvements are likely to produce is a corps of thousands more frustrated young men and women. Because just as the number of eligible students increased – 13.4 percent of all high school graduates are now eligible for the University of California and 32.7 percent qualify for Cal State – the two university systems cut back the number of students admitted for next fall. Because of the state budget crunch…

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by Thomas D. Elias, The San Jose Mercury News.

Posted: May 19th, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.